response 55 of 57:

Oct 29 16:13 UTC 2022

Being a retro video game junkie, I have to reference an excellent 1990
Irem game called "Hammering Harry". Also, Mario used to hammer to smash
barrels. Can't touch this. 

"Pumpkin spice denial" ~ LOL yes!!! Brenda and Karen really have no idea
do they? I think they will be the ones hit hardest by inconvenience. 
Right now the iPhone factory in China with it's 200,000 workers are in
Covid lockdown. Brenda won't get her iphone 14. Maybe she can put a
phone case on her iphone 12 and no one will notice? You can assume Karen
will look at the camera configuration on back and make a quick
judgement.

Brenda and Karen are already upside down in their McMansions and their
husbands Chad and Ken are about to get cut from Deloitte and Goldman
Sachs. 

It's too late in my career to become a tow truck driver but I am
considering it as a plan b. Either that or office clerk at the local
Public Storage units. Need to think ahead! 

I wonder if Karen and Brenda know that cell phone tower backup batteries
only last for 4 hours once the power is cut. Maybe Verizon can send out
diesel generators. Oh wait.

response 57 of 57:

Oct 30 14:49 UTC 2022

Few noticed that the radio on Gilligan's Island was originally a 
Magnavox Celestial FM-97 but later switched to a Packard Bell 8RT2 8 
Transistor AM Radio.

If you wanted to put a radio in your go bag, i would recommend a Sony 
SRF-M70. You can get them on ebay for dirt, dirty cheap. They are 
rugged, waterproof and have digital tuning that you can store. 
Another great radio which is actually my favorite for AM DXing is the 
Sony SRF-39. I had one when they first came out in the late 80's and 
later bought one on ebay circa 2010? The best signal of any handheld 
radio I've ever experienced. Plus you can actually take it apart and 
tweak the AM signal by scooting the wiring on the ferrite bar. A+ sound 
quality too and if you are going to splurge - there's a prison version 
that is see-thru. COOL! (Of course I have one in my stash)

Not exactly "announcement material" but supposedly grex is dying so who 
cares?